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Scala for Machine Learning

You're reading from   Scala for Machine Learning Leverage Scala and Machine Learning to construct and study systems that can learn from data

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783558742
Length 624 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Patrick R. Nicolas Patrick R. Nicolas
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Preface 1. Getting Started FREE CHAPTER 2. Hello World! 3. Data Preprocessing 4. Unsupervised Learning 5. NaĂŻve Bayes Classifiers 6. Regression and Regularization 7. Sequential Data Models 8. Kernel Models and Support Vector Machines 9. Artificial Neural Networks 10. Genetic Algorithms 11. Reinforcement Learning 12. Scalable Frameworks A. Basic Concepts Index

Evolution


The theory of evolution, enunciated by Charles Darwin, describes the morphological adaptation of living organisms [10:3].

The origin

The Darwinian process consists of optimizing the morphology of organisms to adapt to the harshest environments—hydrodynamic optimization for fishes, aerodynamic for birds, or stealth skills for predators. The following diagram shows a gene:

The population of organisms varies over time. The number of individuals within a population changes, sometimes dramatically. These variations are usually associated with the abundance or lack of predators and prey as well as the changing environment. Only the fittest organisms within the population can survive over time by adapting quickly to sudden changes in living environments and new constraints.

NP problems

NP stands for nondeterministic polynomial time. The NP problems' concept relates to the theory of computation and more precisely, time and space complexity. The categories of NP problems are as follows:

  • P-problems...

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